Tesla turns to 50-year-old stunt technology as it tries to Roadster again
If you want to make a car spin in the air, compressed gas is a good way to do it.
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Super Scam Me documentary shows what it takes to catch a romance scammer
Watch an exclusive clip from Super Scam Me where a victim tracks down her scammer.
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Veritas expands its anti-counterfeit chip to jewelry, trophies, and fragrance bottles
Counterfeiters are getting better at replicating brands' marks and passing off dupes, known as "superfakes," as genuine items. A startup called Veritas wants to tackle the problem with its own chip that verifies goods.
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Onafriq shuts down its Nigerian agent banking business after five years
Baxi was one of Onafriq's large bets on Nigeria's offline payments economy, built around the idea that a vast network of agents could bring financial services to customers who still relied heavily on cash.
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This stretchy MagSafe storage pouch gives your phone a sizable trunk
There's a new storage upgrade option for smartphones compatible with wireless chargers and other magnetic accessories, but it won't help if you've run out of room for apps, pics, and videos.
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Therapy now, payment later: Mytherapist.ng introduces financing, expands in-person sessions
The offering is part of a relaunch the company calls Mytherapist.ng 2.0, which also introduces in-person sessions at Café One, a co-working network with more than 30 locations across Nigeria.
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Replit’s CEO says the future of work is the ‘self-driving company’
Replit CEO Amjad Masad envisions a future of “self-driving companies,” where AI agents handle day-to-day tasks and people focus on higher-level decisions.
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China considers new export curbs on solar, AI, biotech
The draft plan, “Announcement No. 48”, proposes a complete export ban on 14 technologies and restrictions on 26 more, including next-generation solar technologies that could affect countries such as India seeking to reduce dependence on China
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What NITI Aayog wants MeitY to do under its new data centre evaluation framework
NITI Aayog has asked the Centre to establish "a centralised audit mechanism with MeitY" to inspect claims of data centres, while each state will publish a "state-wise centre approval matrix" under its data centre evaluation framework.
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“Phone bombing”: How ‘pranking as a service’ harasses victims
Multiple fake messages or calls in under a minute. Victims and abusers of ‘phone bombing’ reveal a freely available tool of digital harassment.
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The Sony Xperia 10 VI won’t be getting a promised update to Android 17
When the midrange Sony Xperia 10 VI was announced over two years ago with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 chipset and Android 14, Sony promised three major OS updates which would have included this year's Android 17 release.
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Rising AI’s Costs Put SaaS Companies Between A Rock And A Hard Place
Recently, Zoho cofounder Sridhar Vembu raised concerns over the economics of building software in an AI-driven market. In a post…
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The first vibe-coded gun is here
The WASP. | Image: Defense Distributed Since gun-rights activist and alt-right-friendly agitator Cody Wilson made the first 3D-printed firearm 13 years ago, he's helped usher in a chaotic era of untraceable ghost guns. Now he's claiming another first: "the first AI-made gun." It's called the WASP.
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The Surface Laptop Ultra delivers on most of Microsoft's promises
Microsoft promises one machine for dev, AI, and gaming, and mostly gets there.
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Ethnic Wear Brand Libas Adds 9 New Stores In Offline Expansion Push
Ethnic wear brand Libas is opening nine exclusive brand outlets (EBOs) across five Indian cities during Navratri, expanding its retail…
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The hurdles facing contactless payment adoption across Nigeria
Nigeria has the technology for contactless payment, yet it remains underused as consumers stick with cash, cards, and transfers.
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How LeadSquared’s Chandra Sahal Is Turning Finance Into A Real-Time Decision Engine
For a long time, the finance function in organisations has been a back-office job — close the books, stay compliant,…
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Rocket Report: FAA eyes more Starbase traffic; India's Skyroot snares US customer
The pioneering reusable upper stage for Stoke Space's Nova rocket ships out for testing.
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Isaac Sesi: The Ghanaian engineer learning that invention is only half the battle
Isaac Sesi spoke to TechCabal on his journey building tools to help farmers reduce post-harvest losses, improve soil health, and increase productivity.
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Enterprise AI Startup RapidCanvas Nets $29 Mn To Expand GTM Teams
Enterprise AI startup RapidCanvas has raised $29 Mn (about ₹280 Cr) in its Series B funding round led by Vertex…
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DoT mandates caller name display on 4G, 5G networks from Nov 1, offers no opt-out
The DoT circular asks telecom operators to show caller's number and name and also instructs them to maintain a database linking subscribers' numbers to names to handle queries.
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Blue Origin is going all in on the New Glenn rocket
The infrastructure is designed to support multiple flights per week by the end of the decade.
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Googlebook review: Android on a laptop is still Android
Android laptops are here, but Google has a lot of work ahead to make them good.
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Time is a-changin’: say goodbye to the leap second
An important change will soon be made to global timekeeping that aims to prevent potential infrastructure failures akin to the Y2K bug scare. On Thursday, the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) voted to scrap the leap second, an ad hoc time adjustment that's occasionally added so…
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